Copy-holder for type-writers.



Dim-708,554. Patented Sept. 9, I902.

- E. A. HOLRITZ.

COPY HULDERTOB TYPE WRITERS.

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No. 708,554. Patented Sept. 9,11902.

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COPY HOLDER FOR TYPE WRITERS.

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1 NITED STATES ATFNT Fries.

EDWARD A. HOLRITZ, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES C. BRAMWELL, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

COPY-HOLIJER FOR TYPE-WRlTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N 0. 708,554, dated September .9, 1902.

Application filed February 24, 1902. SerialNo. 95,181. (No model.)

T at, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. HOLRITZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Copy-Holders for Type-Writers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in copy-holders designed to be attached to typewriters, its object being to provide a holder features of construction and combination hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front elevation of myimproved copy-holder. Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly broken away. Fig. '3 is a rear elevation partly broken away. Fig. 4 is a rear view showing the parts in collapsed position. Fig. 5 is a detail of a slidable collar forming part of my invention, and Fig. 6 is a section on line at a; of Fig. 2 looking down. 4

In the drawings, 2 represents a vertical standard supported bya clamp 3. 3 is provided with downwardly-projecting lugs 4 and 5, a thumb-screw 6 being threaded through the lug 4, by means of which the clamp is fastened to the bottom of the rear of the type-writer.

Slidable upon the standard 2 is a collar 7, carrying the arm 8. The arm 8 is doubled upon itself and carries at its upper end a post 9.

In order to hold the collar 7 with its connected parts supported at the top of the standard 2, I provide a pin 10, projecting outwardly from the upper end of the standard. Formed in one side of the collar 7 is the downwardly and horizontally running slot 11. By turning the collar so that the pin 10- is brought to the inner end of the horizontal portion of the slot 11 the parts will be held in raised position, as illustrated in Fig. 3. The collar 7 also carries a downwardly-projecting pin 1.2, adapted to project into an opening 13 in Theclamp.

the clamp 3 to hold the arm Sin the position shown in Fig. 4.

The post 9, carried by the upper end of the arm 8, fits within a sleeve 14, the arm 8 passder 17. By carrying the arm 8 underneath the shoulder 17 the upper portion of the copyholder Will be supported in the position shown in Figs. 1 to 3.

Carried by the sleeve 14 is a cross-piece 18,

connected by lazy-tongs with an upper crosspiece 19. The bars 20 of thelazy-tongs are provided with pivots 21, passing through slots 22 in the cross-piece 18, and the upper bars 23 of the lazy-tongs are provided with pivots 24, passing through slots 25 in the upper cross-piece. In order to hold the lazytongs in extended position, I provide catches 26, having pivotal support 27 in the ends of the lower cross-bar and adapted to be turned downward against the pivots 21. is secured in the sides of the upper cross-bar 19 and is provided with a spring 29, by which it is held against the paper. In use the clamp 3 is secured to the bottom of the framework at the rear of the machine,

so as to stand behind the carriage, or, if desired, a construction of clamp may be used by which it may be secured to the table edge or other support in the rear of the machine.

The arm 8 is thenlifted and by means of the pin 10 is supported in the position shown in Fig. 1. The copy-holding frame is then lifted and turned to bring the arm 8 underneath the shoulder 17, and the lazy-tongs are then extended and held in extended position by 0 means of the catches 26, as shown in Fig. 1. When it is desired to collapse the holder, the catches 26 are first released to allow the crossbars 18 and 19 of the copy-holding frame to The collapsed copybe brought together. holding frame is then turned to bring the arm 8 into the vertical slot 15. The collar 7 A rod 28 75 13 in the clamp. In this position of the parts the arm 8 is held parallel with the rear of the machine and the collapsed copy-holding frame is held parallel with the arm 8, so that the parts are out of the way of the type-writer cover.

It will be evident that the construction and combination may be more or less modified Without departing from my invention, the scope of which is defined in the following claims.

I claim 1. In a copy-holder of the class described,

the combination of a vertical standard, a collar slidable upon said standard, an interlocking connection between said collar and the upper end of said standard, an upwardly-projecting arm carried by said collar said arm being bent to bring its upper end toward said standard, a copy-holding frame having rotatable support upon the upper end of said bent arm, means for holding said copy-holdiug frame and said bent arm in parallel planes, and means for holding said frame at an angle with said arm. I 2.. In a copy-holder of the class described, the combination of a vertical standard provided with means for attachment to a support, a collar slidable upon said standard, an upwardly-projecting arm carried by said collar, said arm being bent to bring its upper end toward the standard, means for supporting said collar at the upper end of said standard, a collapsible copy-holding frame rotatably supported upon the upper end of said arm, means for securing said frame in a plane at right angles with the plane of said bent arm, and means for securing said frame parallel to said bent arm.

3. In a copy-holder of the class described, the combination of a vertical standard and a supporting-clamp therefor, a collar slidable upon said standard,an arm carried by said collar,means for holding said collar supported at the upper end of said standard, a post carried 45 by the upper end of said arm, a sleeve inclosing said post, and a collapsible copy-holding frame carried by said sleeve.

4. In a copy-holder of the class described, the combination of a standard, a supportingclamp therefor, a collar slidable upon said standard and provided with a downwardly and horizontally disposed slot in its side, an outwardly-projecting pin carried by the upper end of said standard and adapted to fit into said slot to support said collar, an arm carried by said collar, and a collapsible copyholding frame rotatably mounted upon the upper end of said arm.

5. In a copy-holder of the class described, the combination of a standard and supporting-base therefor, a collar slidable upon said standard, an interlocking connection between said collar and base, an interlocking connection between said collar and the upper end of said standard, a bent arm supported by said collar, and a collapsible copy-holding frame carried by the upper end of said arm.

6. In a holder of the class described, the combination of a standard, a supporting-base therefor, a collar slidable upon said standard, an interlocking connection between said collar and the upper end of said standard, abent arm supported by said collar, a post carried by the upper end of said arm, a sleeve inclosiug said post and provided with a slot to receive said arm and to hold said sleeve in adjusted positions upon said post, and a collapsible copy-holding frame carried by said sleeve.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

EDWARD A. HOLRITZ. Witnesses:

H. S. JOHNSON, EMILY EASTMAN. 

